Airborne Science Instrument Database

The Airborne Science Instrument Database provides details on the science instruments that have been used as part of NASA-funded airborne research.

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Currently displayed: instruments 1 - 20 of 356.
Title Acronym Contact Person Aircraft Type Measurements
X-Band Lightweight Rainfall Radiometer LRR-X
Eric Smith
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Radiometer Particle size distribution; Rain Rate
Wing Tip Air Particulate Sampler APS
Anthony Strawa
(PI) 		ER-2 - AFRC SO4; Black Carbon
Wind Radiometer WINDRAD
Steven J Dinardo
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Microwave Radiometer Brightness Temperature
Whole Air Sampler WAS (NCAR)
Elliot Atlas
(PI) 		C-130H - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC; ER-2 - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC Whole Air Sampling NMHCs; Halocarbons
Whole Air Sampler WAS (UCI)
Donald R. Blake
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC; P-3 Orion - WFF Whole Air Sampling NMHCs; Halocarbons; Alkyl Nitrates; OCS; DMS; CS2
WB-57 Ascent Video Experiment WAVE
Marty Ross
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC Camera Imagery
Water-Based Condensation Nucleus Counter WCN
David Rogers
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF CN counter CCN; Temperature; Pressure
Warm Ice Sounding Explorer WISE
Yonggyu Gim
(PI) 		DC-3; Twin Otter - GRC Sounder Ice Sheet Thickness
Video Uplink
Edward Schilling
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Video Imaging System VIS
James D. Jacobson Jr.
(Mgr) 		ER-2 - AFRC Camera Imagery
Video Ice Particle Sampler VIPS
Andrew Heymsfield
(PI) 		WB-57 - JSC; WB-57 - JSC Particle imager Particle Composition
Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Hygrometer VCSEL
Mark A. Zondlo
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF H2O
Vapor In-Cloud Profiling Radar VIPR
Ken Cooper
(PI) 		Twin Otter; P-3 Orion - WFF; DC-8 - AFRC Radar H2O Vapor
Vacuum UV Resonance Fluorescence CO Instrument VUV-CO
Teresa Campos
(PI) 		Gulfstream V - NSF Fluorescence CO
Utah State University Airglow Study AIRGLOW
Michael J. Taylor
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Camera; Interferometer Airglow; OH
Utah State Near-Infrared Spectrometer NIRSPEC
Michael J. Taylor
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Spectrometer (in situ) Shock Emissions
URI Peroxides and Formaldehyde Instrument POPS
Brian Heikes
(PI) 		DC-8 - AFRC Fluorescence H2O2; CH3OOH; CH2O
Unmanned Aerial System Laser Hygrometer ULH
Robert L. Herman
(PI) 		Global Hawk - AFRC; WB-57 - JSC H2O
Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar UAVSAR
Yunling Lou
(PI) 		Gulfstream C-20A (GIII) - AFRC; Gulfstream III - JSC Radar Imagery
Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Atmo Water Sensor Package UAVAWSP
Lance Christensen
(PI) 		N2O; H2O isotopes; H2O; CO; CH4